Canada's Who's Who came together to celebrate Canada's poet soul in a tribute at the 2018 Junos Sunday night. It was, as expected, a tribute both beautiful and sad. But also a moment of celebration for the late Tragically Hip frontman, who won three awards, including Artist Of The Year.

In a pre-filmed montage, a host of celebs each described one word to describe the musician and activist. Don Cherry, Fashion Santa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Hugh Dillon, Atom Egoyan. Everyone, it seemed, loved Gord.

THE CANADIAN PRESSPearl Wenjack and Kevin Drew give a tribute to the late Gord Downie at the 2018 Junos.

"Gord Downie taught us all what it means to be alive and how to exit this world with love and compassion," said musician Kevin Drew, who introduced the musical portion of the tribute with Pearl Wenjack.

Downie, he said, asked Canadians to take a good look at the history we'd been taught to ignore, referencing Downie's work to highlight reconciliation and establish the Gord Downie Chanie Wenjack Fund.

"If we have learned anything from Gord, it is the value of taking care of each other," Patrick Downie, Gord's brother, said as he and brother Mike accepted Downie's award for Artist Of The Year.

"I'd like to believe we're all better artists and people because of him," Patrick added.

THE CANADIAN PRESSSarah Harmer, left, and Dallas Green perform The Tragically Hip's "Bobcaygeon."

The beloved Tragically Hip frontman, who died last October, was also honoured with two awards Saturday during a non-televised awards segment: Songwriter Of The Year and Adult Alternative Album Of The Year for "Introduce Yerself."